The Joy of X (idea)

Ever wonder why so many bright people are writing all those nifty XGUI, UI, drawing, and graphics libraries? Why not just link against -lX11 -lXext? Here's a partial answer. I found it in hacks/screenhack.h in JWZ's amazing xscreensaverdistribution. The screenhack files are supposed to make writing a simple graphics hack bearable. But why does it have to be so hard?

This is a literal quote from the source file, which is (presumably) a literal quote from the quoted plan file. I'm considering this inclusion "fair use"; I've no idea how else I could possibly include this.